It considers language as an instrument of interaction, what people mean when they use language and how we communicate and understand each other. Jenny Thomas[2] says that pragmatics considers: the ...

We can understand innuendos, irony, and sarcasm, even when the spoken words formally convey the opposite meaning. In cognitive science, this process is known as pragmatic reasoning—the ability ...

Schwartz and Lellouch were the first to use the word “pragmatic” in relation to clinical trials in 1967. They defined a pragmatic trial as a trial designed to help chose between care options, as ...